Victor D. Hanson: Why Germany Engaged in an Unwinnable WWII

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6. Yes, this presentation is full of BS

The war was far from unwinnable when Hitler started it. Had the Japanese not done Pearl Harbor both the Nazis and the Japanese would have been able to expand and consolidate their holdings before engaging the US. Hitler's plan was to roll over Russia and secure its resources, which he failed to do because he delayed Operation Barbarossa so he could invade Yugoslavia in a fit of pique, and the Russian winter got him. Had he not made that blunder and the US stayed out of the war for a few more years we might well be making The Man in the High Castle as a documentary.

Also, the atomic bomb didn't save any goddamn lives. We had cracked the Japanese codes and knew they were ready to negotiate surrender; the Potsdam Declaration was delayed until after the Trinity test, and when that worked it was deliberately crafted to be unacceptable so that the war would go on and the bomb could be used. It was essentially a giant science fair experiment and field demonstration to impress the Russians.